Symlink problem

[cahimira]

Hi,

I have the /usr/local directory as a symlink to /s/usr-local/. Then when I try to install the pkgconf port I get this error:

tar: could not chdir to '/s/usr-ports/devel/pkgconf/work/stage/s/usr-local'

That is because the make command creates the /s/usr-ports/devel/pkgconf/work/stage/usr/local directory and make install command try to find in this location /s/usr-ports/devel/pkgconf/work/stage/s/usr-local

Any suggests?

Thanks.

 

[SirDice]

Try building the port with make install PREFIX=/s/usr-local. Not sure if that would work though.

Why did you move /usr/local/ to /s/usr-local/?

 

[cahimira]

Perfect! Thank you.

 

[cahimira]

Try building the port with make install PREFIX=/s/usr-local. Not sure if that would work though.

Why did you move /usr/local/ to /s/usr-local/?

I have /usr/local/ as a symlink to /s/usr-local/. Some ports use the fake path (/usr/local/) and others use the real path (/s/usr-local/).

Ok, make install PREFIX=X works well, but is only useful if you need to build/install a few ports. But I use portupgrade to update my system. Is there a way to instruct to portupgrade to use the prefix?

Thanks.

 

[cahimira]

Hello, I found a solution. In the pkgtools.conf file add these lines:

MAKE_ARGS = {
  '*' => 'PREFIX=/s/usr-local'
}

Thanks.

 

[SirDice]

If I remember correctly it can also be set on the commandline, something like portupgrade -m'-DPREFIX=/s/usr-local' www/apache22